As you get ready for the first full week in what feels like ages, NetProphet gives you the perfect excuse to delay that feeling just once more. There are also a couple of developer events this week on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the second Nucleus Talks happening in Stellenbosch also on Tuesday.

 

Cape Town StartupDigest is curated by:
Sheraan Amod – Co-Founder & CEO, Personera
Roger Norton – Coordinator of Silicon Cape Initiative

 

 

What’s Going on in the Cape Town Startup Community This Week

Nucleus Talk
When: Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 18h30 – 20h30
Where: University of Stellenbosch, Sasol Arts Museum, 52 Ryneveld Street, Stellenbosch

Topic this week is Alternative ways to finance your business. Understanding what types of funding are available for your startup is crutial to your fundraising efforts. Come to learn about the different types of finance and which one might be best for you. Nucleus Talks are a platform where students get to engage around topics on entrepreneurship.

CLUG Talk
When: Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 18h30
Where: Lecture Theare of the (New) Chemical Engineering Building

The topic this month is OpenWRT. The talks are open to anyone interested in Linux and Open Source software.

Ruby Brigade
When: Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 19h00 – 22h00
Where: Room 414 Bandwidth Barn, 5th floor, 125 Buitengracht Street

The first Ruby Brigade event for May, the topic for this Event is Rails 3 Generators. The Guest Speaker will be Chris Stefano.

NetProphet Conference
When: Thursday, 12 May, 2011 at 09h00 – 17h00
Where: The Ballroom at the Mount Nelson Hotel

Take the most innovative/successful/creative/ambitious thinkers and entrepreneurs in the Internet space, and ask them to share their stories, ideas and predictions for the future in a format that is fresh, relevant and engaging. The result: Net Prophet.

 

Cape Town StartupDigest is curated by:
Sheraan Amod – Co-Founder & CEO, Personera
Roger Norton – Coordinator of Silicon Cape Initiative

 

 

What’s Going on in the Cape Town Startup Community This Week

Cape Town Android GTUG
When: Tuesday, 03 May 2011, 18h00 – 21h30
Where: HQ Restaurant, 100 Shortmarket Street, Heritage Square

Google Technology User Group is having an Android event and will also be officially launching the Android Developer Challenge in SA, so if you’ve got great apps to build, you should join.

Scrum User Group
When: Thrusday, 05 May, 2011 at 18h00
Where: Bandwidth Barn, 125 Buitengraght Street

How can contracts facilitate Customer interaction? Although “on the right” of the agile manifesto, the contract is a necessary foundation of a working relationship. If handled correctly a contract can bake agility into an engagement and make sure the principles are communicated to board level.

 

What’s Coming up in the Cape Town Startup Community

May 10 – Nucleus Talks